Stress and the Brain - Your Amazing Brain!

[cupidkisses]

Stress is the number one problem of the modern time. We harp on it on our daily speech. It is the reason of many illnesses from cancer to infertility. Simply it is the reason of many negative things.

What is stress?

Stress is an alarm of our body. When we are stressed, our body produces adrenalin, noradrenalin, and cortisol. Adrenalin makes our heart beat faster and cortisol gives the glucose to our blood because we need maximum amount of energy. So, simply stress is a phycological reaction of our body to fight the problem. When we keep away from stressful things, our body gets back to its normal condition.

Our problem starts here. We never keep away from stressful things. That's why stress, which is good in short-term, harms our body in long term.

The exams that you will take, your homework, your work, illnesses... They are all the sources of stress. They activate our alarm all the time.

Stress and our brain

Stress damages many systems in our body, especially our immune system. And in long term, it damages our brain. Chronic stress leads to anxiety. Besides, as the cortisol levels increases, the dialog between our brain and hippocampus, which is responsible of learning and storing, decreases.

Prefrontal cortex is the center of decisionmaking. It is responsible of sensetation, concentration and communication. Cortisol destroys the bonds here and makes this part of the brain smaller.

As a summary, stress destroys the parts of our brain which are responsible of learning and making decision.

What should we do?

Doing exercise, meditation, spending time in nature and eating healthy have many effects on reducing stress.

You can also find your own way to fight it!

[sawno]

I am currently recovering from being overstressed, and while i know my view on my job is currently twisted i am self aware enough to see what and how it effects my work view.

I was hoping for a bit more rounded take since i could use any advice i get, i am already beyond your advice not to be stressed and am dealing with all the effects of this. Its a lot deeper then what your take suggests none of your advices are a remedy merely relieving. What you should be doing and what i am doing is figuring out what aspects of YOU are causing you to be stressed in your current environment or in case its purely external (Such as a depth, divorce, etc) what ways there are to change your environment so you have more room to breath. For me a huge part of it is my dedication to others, i am always comitting 100% to my work especially if i can aid people with it and as a result they have taxed my work with 250% expecting me to help.

At first i thought i had to learn to say No to responsibility, that wen't well and i was recovering nicely until the point came where i had a withdrawl and now i am clueless on how to continue so i am working with a professional to get myself back on track. Something is causing huge drain even when i eliminated the cause of the stress, even if i don't feel stressed anymore i am still having all the negative effects of it so something is clearly going wrong.

Once i am trough this i do plan to share my journey as a MyTake. For now my advice is to do what i do, acknowledge something is wrong (with you) and get help to fix it. You will embark on a journey to find an aspect of you that you never acknowledged, and once you end that journey you will be more at home then ever before.

[legalboxers]

I need to do this more often

[legalboxers]

TY for the MH

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Thanks for Sharing Your Valuable Knowledge.😊